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02/01/2009 / PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - ISRAEL
Pro-Palestine hackers launch their offensive
Israeli site Ynetnews, the English version of the major daily Yedioth Ahronoth, was hacked this morning by Pro-Palestinian cyberactivists. Is the Gaza conflict to be the centre of a hackers' war? Read more...
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02/01/2009 / RUSSIA
Stalin is a national treasure according to modern Russians
Russian TV watchers have just finished voting for their most treasured countryman. The icon to take the crown was medieval prince Alexander Nevsky. But that's not what everyone's talking about. It's the unlikely figure looming at number three that's stolen the show. Read more...
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01/01/2009 / QUIZ 2008
Best amateur photos of 2008
We've selected the most impresive amateur photos published on The Observers in 2008. Vote for your favourite.
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24/12/2008 / CHINA
This year in Santa's sack: "Adadas" and "IVIKE" trainers
With counterfeit brands all the rage in China, children might be surprised to unwrap "Adadas" or "IVIKE" trainers on Christmas day this year. Faced with tougher laws, fakers have given up on producing exact replicas and moved on to innovative ways to reproduce brand names. Read more...
23/12/2008 / GUINEA
Guinea 'indifferent' to president's death
The death of Guinean President Lansana Conté has left the country in a state of utter confusion. In power since 1984, the authoritarian ruler leaves behind a financially devastated country, despite its wealth of minerals. Our Observers there tell us about the atmosphere. Read more...
22/12/2008 / WORLD
Watch yourself... Google's watching you
Beware of
tripping over, sunbathing topless, cheating on your partner in public... - if
there's a Google van passing by, the evidence will be forever set in a
360-degree photographic panorama and posted online for all to see. Read more
and see the best reactions to "Google Street View" as it spreads
across the world...
22/12/2008 / RUSSIA
Continued protests and subsequent arrests in eastern Russia
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17/12/2008 / JAPAN
Tokyo metro goers told to "do it at home"
You're not at home on the metro! And in Tokyo, the transport authorities have decided to let passengers know it. A lecture in life in pictures, with some interesting lessons to be learnt... Read more.
16/12/2008 / IRAQ
Web abuzz with Bush shoe-hurling incident
Throwing your shoes at George Bush is all the rage in the Arab blogosphere. Our Observer in Baghdad tells us that the journalist behind the brogue hurling incident has become something of an icon in Iraq. Read more...
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12/12/2008 / CHINA
Yang Jia, cop killer turned icon
Grafitis depicting the previously unknown Yang Jia have popped up on Beijing walls. The young
Yang was projected into the limelight after he was tried and executed on November
26 for the killing of six policemen. So why did he become a national icon? Read more...
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